Pediatric Fellowships

Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship

Program Director

Program Overview

The Seattle Children's PRM fellowships provide trainees with a very broad-based exposure to all aspects of pediatric rehabilitation medicine. Seattle Children's Hospital has a 12 bed CARF-accredited unit with additional specialty accreditation in brain injury, which is a unique feature of the program. This provides the fellow with high-quality education of the care of children with acquired disabilities. The Rehabilitation Medicine department at Seattle Children's has outstanding relationships with other key departments, including neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics and neurodevelopmental medicine. The collaboration that trainees experience enriches their education as the fellow works alongside specialists in many different pediatric subspecialties.

Year 1: The first year of the fellowship will focus on gaining experience in caring for children on an inpatient rehabilitation unit and developing competency in evaluating and treating a child with acquired and congenital disabilities seen in the outpatient clinic setting. The fellow will focus on gaining competence in procedures including EMG and spasticity management.

Year 2: The second year of the fellowship will focus on increasing the depth and breadth of skills needed to be an independent pediatric rehabilitation practitioner.

A third of the fellow's time will focus on care of children on the inpatient rehabilitation unit, with a third of their time in the outpatient clinics and a third of the time in a combination of both. Specialty clinics include cerebral palsy, seating, spina bifida, neuromuscular, neuro-oncology, surgical tone management, brachial plexus, arthrogryposis, EMG, ortho-rehab, spinal muscular atrophy, general rehabilitation and sports medicine.

Each fellow will be responsible for completing a scholarly project. The fellow will work directly with a faculty member on a fellow-initiated project or one in which the faculty member is already involved. Support for research endeavors is provided by both Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Length of fellowship: 1–2 years, depending on previous level of training

Number of fellowships available: 1

Application Requirements

Prerequisites/post-medical school requirements: U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident; completed ACGME-approved residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or a combined residency in Pediatrics and PMR

Applications can be submitted through ERAS and will go through the NRMP match.

Seattle Children’s complies with applicable federal and other civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude people or treat them differently based on race, color, religion (creed), sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin (ancestry), age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Washington, Alaska, Montana or Idaho.